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Major grants to three Valley nonprofits

Community Foundation Sonoma County and its affiliate, the Sonoma Valley Fund, are have awarded grants totaling $128,000 to three Valley nonprofits. The recipients are La Luz Center, to continue its successful English as a Second Language Program; United Way to help fund the Schools of... Continue

High-living scammers busted in $240k car

After using a stolen credit card number to book a stay in a $12 million Glen Ellen vacation home, two suspected fraudsters were arrested Wednesday in Santa Rosa driving a stolen $240,000 sports car. Mohannad Halaweh, 19, of Rohnert Park, was driving a 2012 McLaren... Continue

Fixing the back end

Construction of the Williams-Sonoma project, as seen from the rear on First Street West. At the business address of 599 Broadway, the retailing giant is building a cooking school and café with a retail component, which has been described as a small shop in tribute... Continue

Clines honored with conservation award

Fred and Nancy Cline, owners of a far-flung agricultural and hospitality empire including Cline Cellars and Jacuzzi Family Vineyards in Sonoma, are conservative in their politics as well as the way they tread on the thousands of acres of land they own in Sonoma, Contra... Continue

Summer by the book

“Fizz, Boom, Read,”’ Sonoma Valley Regional Library’s Summer Reading Program for preschoolers, grade-schoolers and teens, begins Tuesday, June 10. During the eight-week program, kids will receive incentive prizes to encourage them to keep reading during the summer break. Children between the ages of six and... Continue

Stompers take series from San Rafael

Erik Gonsalves turned in the second stellar pitching performance by a Sonoma Stompers hurler in in as many nights, winning a 3-0 pitchers duel against the Pacifics Thursday night at Albert Park in San Rafael. Gonsalves etched seven shutout innings, allowing just four hits and... Continue

Jack London Park vulnerable to wild fires

Calling the drought-dried Jack London State Historic Park a “virtual tinderbox,” officials have a launched campaign to protect the 1,400-acre Glen Ellen facility. The “Join the Force—Take Action to Prevent Wildfires” initiative broadens a fundraising effort that was initially targeted to individual donors to raise... Continue

Primary numbers; high taxes: cell lawsuit and more

This week’s election was the first under California’s new primary system, in which the top two finishers, regardless of party, move on to the general election. The local results for Assembly create the traditional Dem vs. Rep match-ups in November. In District 10, it will... Continue